China Economic Roundtable
Kellogg Global Hub 5101
The mission of the China Economic Round Table is to better understand the growth and sustainability of the Chinese economy by bringing together different perspectives from academics, business journalists, policy makers and business; and to help the public conversation about the Chinese economy to be more representative and fact based.
Attendance to the event is by invitation-only.
Organizers
Nancy Qian (Northwestern University)
Ruixue Jia (University of California San Diego)
Daniel Xu (Duke University)
David Yang (Harvard University)
Shaoda Wang (University of Chicago)
Agenda
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Time
Session
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Conference Dinner
Introduction by Dean Francesca Cornelli, Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University
Dinner Keynote: Dean Chong-en Bai, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
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Time
Session
8:30am
Breakfast 9:20am
Opening remarks 9:30am - 10:30am
Panel 1: Real Estate and the Financial Markets
Chair: Barry Naughton, University of California San Diego
Panelists:
Chong-en Bai, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Wei Xiong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Zoe Liu, Council on Foreign Relations
10:30am - 11:00am
Break 11:00am - 12:00pm
Panel 2: Trade, Tariffs and U.S.-China Relations
Chair: Bob Davis, former Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal
Panelists:
Emily Blanchard, Dartmouth University
Michael Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Panel 3: Science and Technology
Chair: Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal
Panelists:
Ernest Liu, Princeton University
Dashun Wang, Northwestern University
Richard Zhang, Apax Partners
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Break 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Panel 4: Education and the Labor Market
Chair: Vincent Ni, National Public Radio
Panelists:
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Yang Yao, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Ruixue Jia, University of California San Diego
4:00pm
Concluding Remarks Informal Dinner